Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 1 - Bible Study Guides

First Principles Of The Oracles Of God
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- it fails the test of fulfilled prophecy
Alma 7:10 => predicted that Christ would be born in Jerusalem
- the Bible correctly prophesied Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2; Lk. 2:4)
- it fails the test of scientific accuracy
1 Nephi 18:12 => references the Nephites using a compass
- they supposedly lived around 550 B.C.
- the compass was not invented until around 1100 A.D.
The Koran
- it contradicts the Bible
- claims one of Noah’s sons died in the flood (11:42-43)
- the Bible clearly teaches all 3 sons survived in the ark (Gen. 7:1-5)
- claims Jesus was not crucified at all (4:157-159)
- the Bible clearly teaches He was (Lk. 23:33)
Watchtower Publications
- they contradict the Bible
- claim that the doctrine of a “Trinity” is false => there is only one God, the Father
[“Should You Believe In The Trinity?” Watchtower Publication, pg. 31]
- the Bible clearly teaches the existence of 1 Godhead with 3 members being God
(Gen. 1:1-2, 26; Jn. 1:1-4; 8:24, 58; Acts 5:3-4; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9)
Conclusion
- they fail the test of fulfilled prophecy
- claimed “the present war in Europe (World War 1) is the beginning of the Armageddon
of the Scriptures.” [Pastor Russell Sermons, 1914 pg. 676]
The Bible is what it claims to be...the only written book of God!! We don’t need to look any further for
another authoritative source.
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It contains all the truth that God wants us to have
It needs no revision or updating; it is totally inerrant
It is all sufficient; it lacks nothing man needs to serve God (2 Pet. 1:3)
It is far superior to anything man can ever invent (Isa. 55:8-11)
- “if it is new, it is not true”
- “if it is true, it is not new”
- if a man-made creed contains more than the Bible, it contains too much
- if a man-made creed contains less than the Bible, it contains too little
- if a man-made creed contains the same as the Bible, there is no need for it
It will be the standard used for our judgment (Jn. 12:48; Rev. 20:11-15)
We should revere it, study it, believe it, and at last obey it
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